1. THE CLIFF

2. Adolescent boy and elderly boozer meet to enact the ancient rite of flight Set in California Unidentified modern time period Young boy finds his wings but plans to use his flight for adolescent purposes SUMMARY

3. “I personally was not offended by the content of this story” – Maggie “I though this story was weird but good, alike to those of the other stories. I was surprised that it was fantasy because many of the other stories are not. For the entirety I expected him to fall and smash on the rocks rather than fly gloriously” – Xavier “I believed the relationship between thee boy and the boozer was sweet and the unexpected ending was funny” – Maggie PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

4. That we should respect our elders and value our youth Endorses the view that we can learn incredible things from those who have been learned` in them before That we can adapt traditions to our own style whilst keeping them alive. That we need to teach our children how to use freedom That we need to let our children be free or “let them go” VIEWS

5. Quote “Love, Charity, Hope, Faith” Tradition Respect Youth Freedom VALUES

6. Born 1947, American, born in Minneapolis (now aged 53) Child in the 50s PhD (at age 27) A teacher – could be the reason for the old man teaching the teenager to fly CONTEXT

7. Symbolism (flight) Third person limited Un dedicated dialogue Wider metaphor and simile LITERARY TECHNIQUES

8. Nice SHORT story It’s a story about tradition, and how we can take traditions and keep theme but we must make them our own. The writer endorses the following of traditions. He leaves the idea of the young man’s uses of flight to the reader’s opinion, thus,leaving it unchallenged OVERALL INTERPRETATI ON